Condit: I felt kind of ‘lucky’ about ACL tear
Carlos Condit: “I kind of felt in a weird way lucky because it was 12 years into my career that this happened. It could have happened a long time ago and really set me back.”
Carlos Condit has been fighting professionally since 2002, but recently suffered the worst injury of his career, an ACL in training, but believes to a certain extent he has been lucky in the injury department:
“Honestly, I kind of felt in a weird way lucky because it was 12 years into my career that this happened. It could have happened a long time ago and really set me back,” Condit said. “At least I’ve accomplished quite a bit in the sport before this happened and ultimately something like this is inevitable in a sport like MMA.”
The other positive Condit had after facing surgery was the fact that his knee actually feels stronger now than it did before he suffered the ACL tear.
As strange as it might sound, medical science has advanced to the point where an ACL replacement can not only heal a torn ligament, but actually give an athlete more stability and function than before.
“The knee feels very strong, it does feel very stable,” Condit stated. “I get a little bit of inflammation here and there, but that’s pretty much the same with all my joints. I think that’s the wear and tear of being in training camp. In my surgery, I got a cadaver graft and they put an Achilles’ tendon in, which is actually like four times thicker than your natural ACL and after your body assimilates it, it is quite a bit stronger.”
Carlos Condit fights Thiago Alves in the main event of UFC Fight Night 67 on Saturday, May 30th in Brazil.